Seeing as there has been so much debate about Karen Traviss on these boards, I thought that I should put a debate thread in here, seeing as we all have an opinion on the Republic Commando and Imperial Commando author. Please move this if needed Astor.

My opinion of Traviss is well documented throughout this forum, but I'll clarify it a little - I have no problem with people liking her work, but it's not for me.

I liked the first few Republic Commando books, but her other work in the Star Wars universe was unforgivable, not least because she gladly admitted never having read a single book or even watched the damn films before writing about the universe at large. This lack of knowledge was plain to see right from the start, beginning with her 'only 3 million clones in the galaxy' claim.

There's something very wrong with an author writing for with no knowledge of how large the lore for it is. It's not entirely her fault, but her bragging about not knowing anything about Star Wars certainly did her no favours.

Although the worst thing by far was her insulting behaviour towards fans who disagreed with her - calling them 'Talifans', and equating anyone who defended the Jedi with the Nazis.

Criticism is part of being an author, especially a Star Wars author - that kind of behaviour is just unacceptable, and unbecoming of anyone who wants to be considered a serious author.

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Originally Posted by Mandalorian Mercenary

I personally think she should've finished the series, she could have always found another publisher or something.

That wouldn't be possible - Lucas Licensing has an exclusive contract with Del Rey to publish anything with Star Wars on it.

Karen Traviss is a terrible author who can't take any amount of constructive criticism without flipping out. She turned Mandalorians into a bunch of generic space marine characters which is pretty much all she writes, and probably gets off on it. Also, her work on LOTF contributed to it being even worse than DN.

Well, i'm on the second book so far (Triple Zero), and till now the book is very good. Showing their past and all this things (Skitara, Jango, etc...). The only thing i really don't like is that military pression you know. Like the guys said before, she transformed the Mandalorian Warriors (one of the coolest guys in SW universe) in Marines, and that sux a lot. But the story regarding Omega Squad, Delta Squad, Etc.. is nice. I like Etain too, despite shes an unexperienced Jedi.

I read one of her books. It was okay; it wasn't the best book I've read.
After playing RC I wished she had written books concentrating more on Delta Squad. And what about Sev? I know she said something like she had nothing to do with that, but it would be nice to know what happened.